The Wind and Percussion Institute
Lawrence Dale Harper, music director and conductor
Rick Kirby, associate director and conductor

The most important thing about music is not found in the notes.
Gustav Mahler

The Wind and Percussion Institute at Carroll University is a comprehensive program of music education and performance experience for the serious college student studying for a professional music career or in other fields; for the highly motivated high school player; for the community adult player; and for the accomplished professional musician. The Wind Institute is committed to the performance of the highest quality examples of music literature from the Renaissance through the 21st century. Ensembles range from brass and woodwind quintets and octets, through one-on-a-part wind ensembles to full symphonic bands.

• Lawrence Dale Harper
• Rick Kirby
• Program Faculty and Staff

• Carroll University Jazz Ensemble
• Carroll University Wind Symphony
• Waukesha Area Symphonic Band
• Wisconsin Wind Orchestra
• The Youth Wind Orchestra of Wisconsin

What if imagination and the arts are not frosting at all, but the fountainhead of human experience?
Rollo May